Jenkins does not contact the update center directly... it hijack's your browser... which is insane if you ask me... but that's the way it works... the browser hijack would be a fine fallback... but the default, eh no thanks
On 5 November 2013 16:07, Kevin Fleming (BLOOMBERG/ 731 LEXIN) < [email protected]> wrote: > I updated my machine to 1.538 this morning (using the Ubuntu package), and > found that the Update Center had not been contacted for over a month; as a > result, there were no plugin updates available to be installed. > > I tried various things to get Jenkins to download the latest data from the > update center (the 'Check Now' button in the Advanced tab of the Manage > Plugins page, removing updates/default.json), but I was never able to get > Jenkins to download the latest JSON file. I even watched with tcpdump, and > saw that Jenkins never issued any outbound HTTP request to the Update > Center. > > I then downloaded the JSON file manually (using a shell on the same > machine) and trimmed it so that Jenkins would be able to use it. I clicked > 'Reload Configuration From Disk' and then the Manage Plugins page showed > all the available plugin updates. It is now download plugins and installing > them, which means it *can* contact the Update Center. > > Any ideas what might have been happening here? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
